Price for oil changes

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CrewCab22

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Just went into my local dealership for my first oil change after buying a 2022 ram 1500 eco diesel. When everything was said and do e, they wanted $385 for the oil change and tire rotation. Is that typical for a ram 1500 oil change? I am planning on doing them myself but seems like I am being taken advantage of. As soon as I called for the manager, price magically went down to $275.

Any feedback appreciated!
 

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That's over 4x what we would pay for oil changes on the 2016 Laramie ecodiesel we used to own. IIRC we used to pay about $90 at our local dealership. I have no idea what it would cost now, but even the lower price seems extremely high.
 

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Get the prepaid oil changes through Mopar. My CTD was $340 for 3 oil changes, “essential care synthetic” plan
 

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Does anyone else think the engineer that decided to put the torsion bar right in the way of the drain plug was on drugs when they drew that up? The filter drains all over the actuator on the front end as well…seems to be to be very short sighted and makes a complete mess!
 

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Just went into my local dealership for my first oil change after buying a 2022 ram 1500 eco diesel. When everything was said and do e, they wanted $385 for the oil change and tire rotation. Is that typical for a ram 1500 oil change? I am planning on doing them myself but seems like I am being taken advantage of. As soon as I called for the manager, price magically went down to $275.

Any feedback appreciated!

You didn't ask before having them do the work?
 

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Just went into my local dealership for my first oil change after buying a 2022 ram 1500 eco diesel. When everything was said and do e, they wanted $385 for the oil change and tire rotation. Is that typical for a ram 1500 oil change? I am planning on doing them myself but seems like I am being taken advantage of. As soon as I called for the manager, price magically went down to $275.

Any feedback appreciated!
Wow. Where do you live? My experience, the oil purchased from a dealership cost the same as them doing it. I just hate waiting on people. Cost has been around $130 for 7 quarts of 0w-40 ultra and filter. They will change it and rotate tires for about the same. Does the diesel take something special?
 

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i don't know what an oil change costs at the dealers for my Ram.it's included in my extended warranty,but if it's $275 u.s,that;s around $350 cdn.i made out like a bandit,lol.
 

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Does anyone else think the engineer that decided to put the torsion bar right in the way of the drain plug was on drugs when they drew that up? The filter drains all over the actuator on the front end as well…seems to be to be very short sighted and makes a complete mess!
Haha. Man you could start an entire forum for engineering maintenance issues. Not brand specific by the way. Like Toyota stuffing the starter below the intake manifold.
 

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Just went into my local dealership for my first oil change after buying a 2022 ram 1500 eco diesel. When everything was said and do e, they wanted $385 for the oil change and tire rotation. Is that typical for a ram 1500 oil change? I am planning on doing them myself but seems like I am being taken advantage of. As soon as I called for the manager, price magically went down to $275.

Any feedback appreciated!
Did you get lube with that screw job?
 

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$5.29/qt Amazon. Fram synthetic filter $9 amazon Biotec Lubegard $10 walmart.com Doing it yourself: priceless!
 

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Get an estimate the next time , better still avoid any dealer . They are in business to drain as much money from a customer as they can get away with. Find an independent mechanic,recommendEd from friends and family. Dealers should never be trusted,they also feed bs to anyone willing to swallow it.
 

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Oil changes for my 6.7 Cummins at the dealer were $215. Went in on Thursday and dealer said they went up to $285.00!!!
I politely said, nice doing business with ya.
Low and behold, a brand new speed lube opened up right down the road.
$161.00 for an oil change and that included filling up my DEF tank.
 
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